Carroll Daily Times Herald from Carroll, Iowa • Page 8

State Contest 750 Injured In Bandit As Bleachers Collapse ln Holdup of A statewide contest for the best program of educational projects wns outlined by Mrs. Carroll A. Lnne, program chairman of the Imva Council of Republican Wo- at a luncheon meeting attended by 31 members of the Carroll County Council Saturday afternoon at the Brown Derby. Mrs. Lane has been visiting council meetings in various districts of Iowa to explain the contest which will get under way next fall.

The county counc i 1 picked as i trict winner will advance to state Mrs. Lane competition. Purpose of the contest is to find interesting ways of informing coitn-i cil members on the party system of government and how it oper- ates in the United Stales. Exhibits Charts Mrs. Lane exhibited charts showing five points to be covered in program projects: 1.

Politics at the precinct level, illustrated by a precinct map with names of precinct officers. 2. Senatorial, congressional and judicial districts of Iowa, where they are located and how they are organized with names of representatives from each. .1. The State Legislature and how it, operates through two houses, with names of presiding officers and proportionate numbers of Republicans and Democrats.

Mrs. Lane's chart showed 33 Republicans and 17 Democrats in the 1959 Senate; 60 Republicans and 48 Democrats in the House of Representatives. 4. The United States Congress, with information on personnel terms and 'salaries. 5.

Party organization through tional, state and county central committees, with names of chairmen at each level. Mrs. Lane was introduced by Mrs. James W. Wilson, local program chairman.

Mrs. John E. Martin, president of the Carroll County Council, presided and introduced a woman Jrorn each community who in turn introduced members of her delegation. Communities represented were Breda, Coon Rapids, Arcadia, "Glidden, Manning, Halbur and Car- 1-olL Mrs. Guy S.

Jones of Carroll gave the invocation. State President Reports Mrs. E. J. Hennings of Arcadia, state president, was introduced and reported on work of the Iowa Coun cil so far this year.

She also told of her recent trip to a national meeting in Washingon, D. where she was one of 14 state presidents chosen to take part in a panel discussion. Appointed as membership chairman for Carroll County communities were Mrs. Jones, Mrs. F.

A. Stamp and Mrs. W. C. Frank, Carroll; Mrs.

John Morrison and Mrs. W. R. Ferguson, Glidden; Hilke Tjaden, Breda; Mrs. Maurice Campbell and Mrs.

Don Williams, Coon Rapids; Mrs. Lester Wiese and Mrs. Betty Grimm, Manning. Junior Choir Members Honored Certificates of graduation from junior to senior choir were presented to Sharon Loots, Mary Morris and Carol Reitz at the last appearance of the junior choir for the current season in the Methodist Church Sunday morning. Presentations were made by Roger Hansen, junior choir director.

Cited for perfect attend a through the year were Mary Hatch, Carol Reitz, Joni Salsbury, Mary Morris and Sharon Loots, Roxanne Weaver made her debut as a choir organist accompanying the choir and playing for the entire service. EASTER DATES Easter can come any time from March 22 to April 25. Most frequent day is April 19, the celebration felling on that date, on the average, in 26 years. MAYETTA, Kan. A rodeo arena bleachers buckled "with a pop and a bang" Sunday in this eastern Kansas hamlet, injuring 150 persons.

Twenty-three of the victims required hospitalization. The others were released after treatment at hospitals in Topeka, Holton and Lawrence. "There was a pop and a bang and it collapsed." said C. W. Lawson of Perry, Kan.

"There was no warning thai it was going to give way." Lawson was one of about 500 persons in the recently installed bleachers when it crashed to the ground. He was not hurt. Witnesses said the spectators had just started to file out after the last performance of the four- day rodeo when the accident occurred. Performers, and other fans in the crowd of about 6.000, plunged inlo the wreckage to free the victims. "There was a lot of screaming and shouting," one witness.

"Some of the people clung to girders but most of them piled up into just a big heap. It took several minutes to gel them un- piled." Cause of the accident hasn't 8 Tlmei Herald, Carroll, la. Monday, May 18, 1959 L1CKETY-SPLIT Two small sisters lick the warm weather In been determined. The bleachers I AII y. Lee, 4, left, and Dinnna Van Mierop, 3, share cooling ice cream cone.

had been built for this year's rodeo. They were constructed of a metal frame and wooden seats. The section was 75 feet long and had 10 rows, the highest of which was about 16 feel from the ground. One of the injured, Donald Troughlon of Topeka, said a liquefied gas line was broken, setting on edge the nerves of victims and rescuers. "We could smell the gas and we were afraid it would ignite," he said.

Victims had to be taken as far as 50 miles away, to Lawrence, for medical treatment. Mayetta, with a population of only 230, has no hospital. Most of the injured were taken 20 miles south to Topeka, the state capital. BUYS RESIDENCE LAKE CITY Jay Blanchard has purchased the Maurice Snyder residence property at 224 Wayne Street, Westview addition, Lake City. Mr.

and Mrs. Blanchard have been renting the property for some time; the Maurice Snyders now live in California. Prenuptial Party For Glenda Legore (Times Ilcrnld NCWB Service) SCRANTON Glenda Legore who will be married the latter part of May was honored at a bridal shower in the Church of Christ Friday evening. Hostesses were Mcsdames Emanuel Petersen, Elvon Hatch, Jess Loomis, Bill Gibson, Lyle MacDonald, Leslie Fielding, Howard Slocum LaVerne Fielding, Florence Hoyt, James Hermansen, John Lawrence and Ralph MacDonald. Mrs.

Hermansen was in charge of the program and presented Miss Legore with a corsage. Everitt Petersen sang "Old Man accompanied by Maxine Loeffler. Miss Diane McNeil gave a humorous reading and Mrs. Robert Stacy sang "Walk Hand in Hand" accompanied by Miss Anne Christensen. Refreshment were served from a tea table, covered with a white cloth and centered with lavender flowers and crystal candle holders.

Gunman Killed, Partner Is Captured After Terror Spree ST. LOUIS, Mo. gunman deserted his dying holdup partner after a drug store gun battle with two detectives, then terrorized a family and a hostage Sunday before police flushed him from a dingy attic. He was still defiant but out of ammunilPon. The desperado, 32-year-old Ivan L.

Deckard of Heltonville, was bleeding from an arm wound. Two deleclives also were wounded, neilher seriously, in the gun fight in a neighborhood drug store at suburban University City. Cornered two hours later and five miles from the holdup, Deckard said: "I only regret I didn't have more bullets. I'm not yellow, I just ran out of ammunition." A short time earlier near his hiding place in North St. Louis, Deckard had released his hostage, 23-year-old Richard Wetzel of suburban Wellston.

Wetzel was unharmed. The 6-foot-3 Deckard had been sought since his escape from the federal building in downtown St. Louis April 13. He was being held for possessing a machine gun. His bandit partner, ex-convict Herbert J.

Lorts, 34, was shol in the heart. They took only $104 from the drug store, much of it in checks. As the bandits barged into the store, they didn't know that a man, was in a telephone booth chatting with his girl friend. Tersely, he told her: "Call the police I must hang up." Minules laler, Detectives Raymond Bruno, 52, and Stanley Topper, 36, arrived knowing only here was some kind of trouble. They were greeted by bullets.

But one of the wounded detectives shot Lorts. Deckard also look a bullet in a rapid exchange of shols. Deckard ran, dumping a bag conlaining the lool in a vacant lot, before invading Ihe Iwo-family flat of Welzel's fiancee, 18-year- old Janet Fischer. Deckard herded her 20-year-old sister, Mrs. Lois Barth, and her mother, Mrs.

Margaret Fischer, 35, into the kitchen Mrs. Barth said the bloody Deckard terrorized the women and her 6-year-old brother, Eddie. When Wetzel knocked on the door she said Deckard made them let him in, then said "all right, we're all gonna go for a ride." Wetzel promised to drive him anywhere if he would leave the women behind. Deckard agreed. Police spotted Wetzel's car in North St.

Louis and gave chase. Deckard headed for the home of an oft-arrested pal, Curtis Link. Chief of Detectives James Chapman and a police detail saw telephone conversation between a i a taxi parked in front of Link's boy and his girl was aboul lo i apartment Three officers slarled stymie them. Bruce Zuckerman, 27, son of drug store owner Irwin Zucker- up the atlic stairs and Dekcard shouted, "Don't shoot. I'm coming down." Bluffs Store COUNCIL BLUFFS Lawmen were searching late Sunday for an armed man who terrorized two men and six young girls in the daylight robbery of a super market.

The bold bandit apparently hid in the locked Super-Valu store for hours before he forced store manager Rex E. Burgett, 33, to open the store safe. The masked gunman fled Burgetf's 1957 model station wagon with "several thousand" dollars in weekend receipts, in checks and currency. Burgett's 30-year-old brolher Carl, of DCS Moines, and the six girls entered the store Sunday afternoon and were faced by the bandit who carried a snub-nosed revolver. Carl Burgett and the girls were herded' into a walk-in meal cooler, then fche store manager was ordered to open the safe.

After cleaning out the safe he demanded the manager's car keys. Detectives said the man cut a hole in the roof and dropped into the store during the night. They found an improvised bed of butcher's aprons and hand towels. Beside the bed were several empty beer cans, an empty milk carton, and a large meat cleaver. The girls, headed for a picnic, said they were afraid.

But the store manager said "They really didn't know what was going on at first. They thought, the guy and I were playing a game." LUTHERANS ASSEMBLE FOR GROUND BREAKING About 300 of the congregation of S(. Paul Lutheran Church assembled for A ground breaking ceremony Sunday morning on the site of their new church In the Buchheil Addition following a service of worship in the old church at Seventh and Adams Streets. Spades of earth were turned by the Rev. Hnrold W.

Kleck, pastor (with shovel in foreground), 0. S. Mobley, chairman of the building committee, A.P.W. Thlelklng, Walter Slevers, Larry P. Jung and Louie Bauer, committee members.

Pastor Kleck read from the scriptures and led In prayer. Sunday School children sang. At worship service In the old church, junior and senior choirs sang and Pastor Kleck spoke on 'What Love Can t)o." Contracts are to be let Tuesday for construction of the new church which has been estimated to cost about $237,009 including scaping and furnishings. Plans have been drawn by the William Beutller architectural firm of Sioux City. (Photo by Ray Bcrndt.) (ANOTHER PICTURE: Page 1.) 389 Rides Taken At Airport Sunday Pilots and planes were kept busy at Ihe Carroll Airport Sunday giving penny-a-pound rides over the city to raise funds for the flight breakfast here next Sunday.

A total of 389 rides were given including free flights every hour for those who held drivers' licenses or license plates the last two figures of which matched numbers posted by the flight committee. On duty between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. were a plane owned by Mike Waldron of Glidden piloted by Mr. Waldron and Jim Welte; the Jung plane piloted by Jewell and Larry Jung; a plane owned by Glen Reighardt of Coon Rapids piloled by the owner and Jim'Welte; Shelby Hagberg's plane piloted by himself and Kenneth Wheeldon; the Schroeder Construction Company plane piloted by Elmer Schroeder; Jim Hoelscher's plane piloted by himself; and V.

I. McGrady's plane with the owner as pilot. A ground crew of Jaycees headed by Leon Schleisman again wavS on the job weighing customers and supervising the large crowd of onlookers which gathered during the day. Busiest hours were 1 and 5 p.m. Dr.

M. J. Hall and John P. Quillin, chairmen of the flight breakfast, were in general charge of yesterday's flights. Brown, Nair Plead Guilty to Moil Fraud SIOUX CITY Carroll County men pleaded guilty to one count each of mail fraud Sati urday in a case involving operations of Midwest Business Service, a Carroll business brokerage.

Clarence M. (Jake) Brown, Carroll, proprietor of Midwest Business Service, and Merlin W. Nair, Dedham, a salesman for the service, pleaded guilly before Federal Dislricl Judge Henry N. Graven. The other counts of identical 23- counl indiclments against Brown and Nair were dismissed by.

the court. Seven other defendants in the case were scheduled to go on trial before Judge Graven in Sioux City Monday. The indictmenls charge that Midwest Business Service offered to find buyers for failing businesses, collected commissions in advance, aiiid then made no effort lo find buyers bul merely inserted a general ad in newspapers offering to send a free catalogue listing business establishments that were for sale. Around the Rotunda With Harrison Iowa Dally Prats Assn. Writer Now at Heires Electric tf BONUS Dial Defrost Refrigerator New 10 cubic foot refrigerator with Magnetic Safety Door.

Full-Width Freezer Adjustable Cabinet Shelves Porcelain Vegetable Drawers Removable, Adjustable Door Shelves Girl Scouts Achieve Second Class Rank Girl Scouts of troops 63 and 65 met in the garden of Mrs. L. A. Wederath's home for a brunch cookout Saturday, May 16, as the final step in completion of their second class rank. The flag bearer was Mary Alice Hatch with Carolyn Martens and Joni Salsbury as color guard.

Hostesses Julia Wqderath, June Jackley and Judy Warnke, prepared a sandstone circle upon which the scouts placed their cooking stoves around a bouquet of garden flowers. The cooks, Linda Prenger, Mary Hatch, and Sylvia Wederath prepared peach cobbler and bread sticks, which were cooked over an open fire, built by Karen Collinge, Carolyn Martens, Sally Brandt, and Joni Salsbury. Each girl also cooked an individual dish of bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, and toast on their own hobo stoves. After the meal, the girls learned the art of "clean up" in method which keeps the campsite unblemished and impossible to identify as a place where people have stayed. Later the girls went on a nature walk and learned to identify trees, birds and their eggs.

They inspected nests of the morning dove, robin, grack 1 flicker, and blackbird. The girl scouts will receive their awards later this month. Terms $2.00 per 125 at Second St. Lawrence Recital The second of two music recitals by children of St. Lawrence School i was held in the school hall Sunday i night with an attendance of about I 125.

A previous performance with i approximately the same attendance had been presented Friday night. About 34 children who have taken music lessons privately and in classes during the school year took part in the Friday night concert and 32 on Sunday night. Instrumental numbers included piano, violin, trumpet, drum, clarinet and flute solos, duets and trio. The program was directed by Sr. M.

Ancile. COMING FROM (Tluteii Herald LAKE CITY A-l-c Eugene Jeitz is expected to arrive in Lake City from Iceland Monday, May, 18, for a 12-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Heim. The Duke of Wellington, nemesis of Napoleon, was in his early 40s when he came into his military prime.

DES MOINES Members of the 58th General Assembly were paid on the basis of 116 days withi the exception of Lt. Gov. Edward J. McManus who was paid for 122 days. The legislators "stopped the; clock" on Thursday, May 7, and final adjournment was on Wednesday, May 13.

The interim period was for the staff to process all of the bills that had been passed and completion of other paper work. Since McManus is an elected official and an officer of the Senate, he was paid for the six days, May 8 through the 13th. His counterpart, Speaker of the House Vern Lisle, who is not an elected official, was not paid for these six days. The 58th general assembly was the first session that the legisla- tors were paid on a per diem basis. They drew $30 a day.

The two presiding officers McManus and Lisle were paid $60 a day. Former LL Gov. William Nicholas, who presided over the 57tli G.A., was paid a flat $4,000. Although McManus was not! sworn into office until January 15, he was paid for the first three days of the session. Officials in the comptroller's office explained that it has become a tradition to pay both fhe lieutenant governor and the lieutenant governor--elect for the first three days.

Highway Commission One of the first things the new highway commission is expected to do after taking over this July will be lo abandon the long time practice of assigning a Commissioner to each district. The state is divided into six highway districts, each having a district engineer. Since there are only hve commissioners, two commissioners have had to share the responsibility of the sixth district. Research Studies The legislative research bureau has already received requests for 8 studies. Any 5 legislators can request a study.

Clayton L. Ringgenberg, director of the research bureau, said he h.as received requests on the following topics: Legislative procedure, needs of higher education, abstract laws, taxation of merchandise inventories, methods of handling state investments, children's laws, commitment laws on mental patients regarding admittance and treatment, and division of court expense costs between state and county. Best Story Perhaps the best story to come out of the legislature was the one aboul the lawmaker who put on a i call of Ihe house i requiring every- i one to be present and then discov- ered he hadn't, filed his federal income tax return. With the call of the house on he couldn't leave to go home to get his return. The I bureau of internal revenue graciously gave the legislator additional time in which to file the re- i turn.

Attorney General There is increasing speculation thai Attorney General Norman Erbe will seek the Republican nomination for governor. If lie does so, the race for attorney general will be a wide open affair. Some names being mentioned at this early stage as possible candidates for the post if Erbe decides to go for governor include Black Hawk County Attorney Evan Hultman of Waterloo and Herman Walters of Council Bluffs. Walters served in the Iowa legislature and is also a former assislant allorney general. The discharge of the Amazon River is greater than that of the world's three next largest rivers combined.

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